topic Re: Boot FE21-M from USB... in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135619#M80405 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Seawit, can you tell a bit more about "it has a shadow drive inserted into the boot function". I don't understentand it very well.<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:24:46 GMT chestnut_jam 2007-02-26T19:24:46Z Boot FE21-M from USB... https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135612#M80401 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello.<BR />I want to get a FE21-M booted from a USB memory, a memory stick, or a MMC/SD. Is it possible? Or a can only boot from HD, DVD and external sony's floppy disk? I'm interested in installing in a memory of this kind a linux distribution, getting a quite comfortable way using it.<BR />I have been searching, and I coudn't find a clear answer.<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:34:45 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135612#M80401 chestnut_jam 2007-02-23T19:34:45Z Re: Boot FE21-M from USB... https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135613#M80402 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi chestnut_jam and welcome to Club Vaio.<BR /><BR />Sony Vaio laptops will only boot from USB with an external Floppy Drive. No other USB device will boot.<BR /><BR />It may be possible to boot conneced via a PCMCIA adapter card but I haven't heard of anyone actually achieving this.<BR /><BR /> <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.it/html/@8A5BDCECEE2E5AB683F2BDAA500F2036/images/smilies/035.png" alt=":slight_frown:" title=":slight_frown:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:49:19 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135613#M80402 Blencogo 2007-02-23T19:49:19Z Re: Boot FE21-M from USB... https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135615#M80403 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That's not entirely true. I have an ASUS pendrive that boots any computer... maybe because it has a shadow drive inserted into the boot function, like the U3 system has also one, but in this case, the "fake" drive is used only for booting functions. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.it/html/@AA54D1ADEA1F132CA785997A9F9988A8/images/smilies/022.png" alt=":tongue:" title=":tongue:" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:08:13 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135615#M80403 Seawit 2007-02-23T20:08:13Z Re: Boot FE21-M from USB... https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135616#M80404 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for your answers.<BR />Seawit, can you tell a bit more about that or give a link to a explanation, please?<BR />It seems interesting, and can be enough for me.<BR /><BR />Thanks<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:10:01 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135616#M80404 chestnut_jam 2007-02-23T21:10:01Z Re: Boot FE21-M from USB... https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135619#M80405 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Seawit, can you tell a bit more about "it has a shadow drive inserted into the boot function". I don't understentand it very well.<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Feb 2007 19:24:46 GMT https://community.sony.it/t5/pcs-accessories/boot-fe21-m-from-usb/m-p/135619#M80405 chestnut_jam 2007-02-26T19:24:46Z